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[轉貼] 老丹的英文課 - Part1
老丹的英文課 - Part1
序：去年前在雜誌上看見這篇文章，不知哪來的動力，或許是文中主角的那股熱情感動了我，讓我提起精神將這篇文章翻譯成英文。應該快一年了吧，在整理電腦檔案的時候，無意間發現了這篇譯文，提出來與各位好友分享這篇文章。若有翻譯不好的地方，還望請多多指教！
一堂120公里的英文課
A 120-kilometer English course
當你說出你愛我的時候，噢，天啊！真是美好的一天
Oh my dear, it would be a lovely day when you told me “I love you”
一個美國人，一群泰雅部落的小朋友，一東一西，原本湊不在一起。但丹尼爾繞了地球大半圈，千里迢迢從美國密西根州，走進了新竹尖石石磊國小。他在美國當了十年的工程師，現在交大攻讀電信博士，論資歷，大可到竹科晶圓廠當個人人稱羨的科技新貴。然而，他卻選擇一條別人不走的路。
A man from America and a crowed of students in Atayal Tribe totally lived in the different places which were far away from each other. Daniel took a long trip from Michigan in America to Slay elementary school in Jianshih country in Taiwan. He used to a engineer ten years ago, and studied Telecommunication for an academic degree in Chiao Tung University. With his educational background and excellent experiences, he, absolutely, was able to be a high-tech millionaire; nevertheless, he made another decision different from other engineers.
三年前，丹尼爾聽說尖石鄉後山的石磊國小，缺少英語老師，便自告奮勇來這裡教英文。這不是一時興起，也不是玩票混充。光是這條六十公里的山路，就令人喪氣，山高路遠，崎嶇凶險，曾有二位石磊國小的校長上班途中墜谷身亡。這麼危險的道路卻不曾阻退丹尼爾的決心。
Three years ago, he voluntarily came here as an English teacher while hearing that no one was willing to go to this wilderness place, Slay Elementary School, where was located in Jianshih country. For him, this was not just for fun or by fits and snatches. That would be a challengeable task. It would let one give up to ride for sixty kilometers along the rough mountainside where was far away from downtown and filled with dangerous happening. Moreover, two principles were already dead of falling into ravine when they were on the way to Slay. In spite of uncertain danger, Daniel did not still change his determination even if taking a risk with his life of riding on this deadly mountainside.
過去三年來，他總在半夜騎著腳踏車，從鬧區的交通大學，一步一腳印，來到海拔一千七百公尺偏遠的泰雅部落。颳風、下雨，甚至罕見的下雪天，他都從不缺席。只因這裡有一群泰雅族的小朋友，等他上一堂原汁原味的英文課。這條連汽車走來都費力的路，一個四十歲的外國人，連續三年無怨無悔走了兩千公里。沒有金錢，沒有物質的回饋，在這條人跡罕至的道路上，丹尼爾到底在追求什麼？
In the past three years, he, step by step, always rode his bike from Chiao Tung University in the downtown to a remote village of Atayal Tribe which was at an attitude of 1700 meters. Typhoons, rainy days, even rarely snowy days never deterred his will from coming here, because there were many Atayal Tribe students waiting for him to attend formal English courses. It would also never be an easy task for a car to drive on this serpentine and precipitous road. Within three years it took a forty-years-old foreigner almost two thousands kilo miles riding on this road without any complaint. What did Daniel want as riding on this sparsely-populated road without any payment or material feedback?
凌晨三點十分，丹尼爾從交大研究生宿舍，推出腳踏車。一腳踩著踏板，用力一蹬，腳踏車往前滑動，像一艘獨木舟，悄悄沒入黑暗。這一天，二○○五年聖誕節剛過的隔天，寒流未退，凌晨氣溫只有十二度，全台灣還在溫暖被窩裡深眠，丹尼爾已踏上他的征途。
It was ten minutes pass three in the morning, and Daniel drew his bike leaving his dormitory. One feet stepping on the footrest with pressing heavily, the tires of bike were rolling up and moving forward just like a canoe disappearing in the dark night. This day was following up Christmas in 2005. Taiwan was shrouding in the cold current with just twelve degree in the morning, and all people were sleeping sweetly in this island. Daniel was on his way to somewhere.
這麼深的夜，他要往哪裡去？
Where was he going in the darkness?
他要騎車一路到竹東、內灣，再到尖石，再進去，繼續往偏遠後山挺進，要到海拔一七○○公尺，一個叫做石磊國小的原住民部落，教英文。
He was riding through Chu Ton, Nan Wan, Jainshih, and moving forward into a further place where was a school called Slay at an attitude of 1700 meters for his teaching of English courses.
TO BE CONTINUED...
英語論壇26字母念不全 3年後…教國小英文
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